"We've got to get him help," he went on. "Maybe it's (O-line) help. We've got to score TDs. That's what we didn't do enough of."

Tannehill threw just 12 touchdown passes while averaging less than seven yards per completion. He was sacked 35 times. The Dolphins didn't draft Tannehill to be a game manager, but it's hard for him to be much more than that until there's more talent around him.

Ireland has the means to change that in a hurry over the next four months.